Chinese journalist Zhang Zhan was sentenced to four years in prison after a three-hour trial that her supporters and the press were unable to attend.
She denounced the government's handling of the coronavirus epidemic in Wuhan in February.
The European Union has called for his immediate release.
The European Union has called for the release of citizen journalist Zhang Zhan.
This former Chinese lawyer went to Wuhan last February to show the consequences of the Covid-19 epidemic.
She had notably posted on social networks images of completely overwhelmed hospitals in this city located in central China.
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Sentenced to four years in prison after express trial
These videos and photographs were considered "provocation of unrest" by the Chinese government.
Zhang Zhan was arrested in May.
According to
Le Monde
, she began a hunger strike in June and the government then decided to force-feed her.
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The reporter was sentenced to four years in prison in an express trial that took place in Shanghai.
The hearing lasted less than three hours and neither his supporters nor the international press were able to attend.
The request for release from European diplomacy is added to a long list.
Unfortunately, it has little chance of ending up in a country where the Communist Party has a monopoly on information.